Window-curtain fixture.



Patented slept. 24,l 190|.

H. D. scHMm.

WINDOW CURTMN FIXTURE.

(Application led Aug. 23, 1900.)

( No Model.)

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PATENT WINDOW-CU RTAIN FlXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,335, datedSeptember 24, 1901.

Application filed August 23, 1900. Serial No. 27,800. (No model.)

T0 cir/ZZ whom t 19m/y concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY D. SCHMID, a citizen ofthe United StatesofAmerica, residing at McKees Rocks, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWindow-Curtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inwindow-curtain iixtures, and relates more particularly tocombination-ixtures for curtain-poles and shadebrackets. j

The object of the invention is to construct a device of theabove-described character that will not deface or 1n ar the front faceof a window-frame; furthermore, one that carries with it suitable meanswhich are adapted to engage the side and top of the Window-frame.

The herein described invention further aims to construct a device ofthis character which will be easily applied and removed When desired;furthermore, one wherein all the fixtures will be of a uniform height,thereby overcoming" a very objectionable feature that is found insimilar devices of this kind.

The invention has for its still further object t0 construct a fixturethat will be eX- tremely simple in its construction, strong, durable,and highly efficient in its operation; furthermore, one that will becomparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object of my invention is to arrange the parts in such a mannerthat will admit of the forWard-and-rearward adjustment of thecurtain-pole fixture and a lateral adjustment of the shade-bracketfixture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consistsin the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter morefully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and Whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedfixture attached in position on a Window-frame. Fig. 2 is a like View ofthe Opposite tixtu're, showing the same detached. Fig. 3 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a transverse verticalsectional View. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the V-shaped bracketforming a portion of the curtain-fixture. Fig. 6 is a similar view ofthe extension-hanger.

To put my invention into4 practice, I construct a clamp, which isadapted to be secured to each upper corner of the window-frame andcomprises a top plate 1, that engages the top of the frame, a frontplate 2 to engage the front of the frame, and a side plate 2 to engagethe side of the frame, these plates being formed integral With eachother, the plates 2 and 2 practically forming an angle-bar and the topbar 1 extending at right angles thereto, so that the .clamp as a Wholeis substantially triangular in shape. The front plate 2 is provided witha pair of keepers 3, arranged in Vertical alinement with each other, theone nearthe top and the other near the lower end of the plate. The saidfront plate is also provided with guides Il it and a screw-threaded pin5, all of the aforesaid parts being formed integral with one another.Pins 6 are arranged on the under side of the angle-iron and are formedintegral therewith, said pins extending downwardly and adapted to engagethe upper face of the window-frame.V The j other side of the angle-ironhas an aperture 7 for the reception of the thumb-screw 8, the latterwhen placed in position being embedded in the side of the Window-frame.The said pins and thumb screw serve as fastening means to secure thedevice to a Window-frame.

The reference-nu meral 9 indicates a sliding shade -roller bracket. Saidbracket is approximately L-shaped and has formed therein a slot 10,adapted to operate over the pin 5. The sides of said bracket engage inthe guides ft, and said bracket is bent at right angles, as shown at 11.One of the said brackets is provided with a round opening 12 and theother with a square opening (not shown in the drawings) to receive theends of the shade-roller.

The reference-numeral 13 represents a V- shaped bracket havingdownwardly-extending hooked ends 14, these ends being adapted to engagein the keepers 3 of the plate 2. ,A

slot 15 is formed in the upper portion of the IOO V-shaped bracket, anda hanger 16 is provided, having formed on its forward end a hook portion17 and an aperture 18, arranged near the rearward end of the same toreceive the set-screw 19, the latter being adapted to operate in theslot 15 of the V-shaped bracket and form a Sliding connection betweenthe hanger 16 and the said V-shaped bracket, allowing both a forward andrearward extension of the said hanger 16.

The manner of applying my improved fixture is as follows: Theangle-irons are placed in position over the upper corners of theWindow-frame by driving the points 6 into the wood. The thu ulb-screw 8is then driven home into the side of the frame, thereby securelyfastening the angle -irons to the windowframe. The shade-roller bracketsare then adjusted. to engage the ends of the shade-rollers, which 'areplaced in the brackets in the usual manner, thus forming in itself acomplete fixture. When it is desired to attach the' curtain-pole, theV-shaped brackets are secured in the staples by means of the downwardlyextending ends. The curtain pole may then be adjusted to the desireddistance from the window-frame.

In view of the above-detailed description it is thought that a furtherexplanation of the operation and functions of the device is unnecessary.It will be noted, however, that the curtain-fixture may bereadilyremoved independently from the shade-iixture and that when theiixtures are secured to the corners of the window-frame a perfectalinement of the fixtures is assured.

Attention is directed to the fact that various changes Ymay be made inthe details of construction of my improved window-curtain lixturewithout departing from the general spirit of my invention.

I am aware of the fact that prior to my invention combination curtainand shade fixtures have been used. I therefore do not claim this featureas broadly new; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a curtain-Ixture, the combination with a Window-frame, of asubstantially rectangular top plate, a substantially rectangular sideplate secured at right angles thereto, a substantially rectangular frontplate secured at right angles to said top and side plates, all of theaforesaid plates being made integral with one another, pins madeintegral with the under side of the said top plate, the said side platehaving an aperture formed therein, a thumb-screw, keepers made integralwith the said front plate, the said keepers having openings formedtherein, a substantially V- shaped bracket, hooked ends made integralwith the said bracket and adapted to engage in the apertures in the saidkeepers, said bracket having a slot formed therein,a hanger athumb-screw mounted thereon, said thumbscrew adapted to operate in saidslot, and brace-rods formed integral with said bracket, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY D. SCHMID.

Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, A. M. WILSON.

